Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia
and New Zealand Inc.

Advances and Applications for Management and Decision Making

The congress theme of "Advances and Applications for Management and Decision Making" was selected to reinforce the importance of modelling and simulation developments for management and decision making, particularly those which have not been present at recent MODSIM conferences. There was also a focus on the application of modelling and simulation techniques to a broad range of real-world problems.

MODSIM 97 IMACS
8-11 December 1997, University of Tasmania, Hobart
International Congress on Modelling and Simulation
Proceedings
Organised by The Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia Inc.

Responsibility for the contents of these papers rests upon the authors and not the Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia Inc.

About the MSSA

The Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia inc. (MSSA) formerly the Simulation Society of Australia Inc. (SSA), is an affiliate of the International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (IMACS). The aims of the Society are to promote, develop and assist in the study of all areas of modeling and simulation. Members are from a wide range of professional disciplines including hydrology, agricultural science, economics, engineering, atmospheric science, ecology, statistics, epidemiology, medical science, oceanography, decision analysis and many others.

Previous conferences of the MSSA

May 1974 Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Lucas Heights, NSW
August 1976 Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria
September 1978 The Australian National University. Canberra, ACT
August 1980 University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland
May 1982 University of New England, Armidale, NSW
August 1984 University of Adelaide, SA
May 1987 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Vic
September 1989 Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
December 1991 Greenmount Resort Hotel, Gold Coast, Queensland
December 1993 The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA
November 1995 The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW
December 1997 University of Tasmania, Hobart

Acknowledgements

The Editors and members of the Editorial Board would like to acknowledge gratefully the assistance of the following people: